Project number
16096
Organization
UA Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Academic year
2016-2017
This project’s goal is to design a 5,000 barrel-per-day alkylation unit to be built into an existing refinery in Houston. The alkylate is manufactured using isobutylene and isobutane with a sulfuric acid catalyst.
Concurrent with the alkylate manufacture, impurities in the isobutylene and isobutane feeds, such as n-butane, are separated out and sold. The design includes construction of an acid-regeneration unit so that acid regeneration can be done on site.
The final alkylate product, isooctane, is sent to the refinery to raise the octane content of the gasoline it produces.
Concurrent with the alkylate manufacture, impurities in the isobutylene and isobutane feeds, such as n-butane, are separated out and sold. The design includes construction of an acid-regeneration unit so that acid regeneration can be done on site.
The final alkylate product, isooctane, is sent to the refinery to raise the octane content of the gasoline it produces.